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Woman on Top is a 2000 fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Fina Torres. It is set in Salvador, Brazil and San Francisco, USA. The film stars Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau Jr. and Mark Feuerstein. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. All her life, Isabella has suffered from motion sickness. Because of her illness she couldn't play much with other children. She stayed at home and learned how to cook, becoming a renowned chef as

Paid is a 2006 English language feature film directed by Laurence Lamers. It was filmed in Netherlands between 2004 and 2005 with Anne Charrier, Murilo Benício, Tom Conti, Guy Marchand, Corbin Bernsen, Marie France Pisier, Beppe Clerici and Tygo Gernandt. Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they have made and now secretly long for a different and more meaningful life. It is also a love

Giovanna Antonelli (born March 18, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress. Antonelli was born on March 18, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro. She is the daughter of Ilton Prada and dancer Suelly Antonelli. She also has one older brother, Leonard. Giovanna started her career when she was 14. Her artistic career began on the children's program Angélica of the Rede Manchete. She was an Angelicat (the assistant of Angélica). Her early works include television series Tropicaliente, Tocaia

Chocolate com Pimenta (English: Chocolate with Pepper) is a Brazilian novela, cast in the roaring 1920s, starring Mariana Ximenes and Murilo Benício. It was produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2003. It was written by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Jorge Fernando. The story of Ana Francisca, Mariana Ximenes, who begins the soap opera as a young and poor teenager. She is lovingly known by those close to her as Aninha. Her father is killed, and she must flee to the city of Ventura. There she

Força Tarefa (in Portuguese, Task Force ) is a Brazilian television series directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and Mário Márcio Bandarra and written by Fernando Bonassi Marçal Aquino. It is being aired every Thursday since April 16, 2009 on Rede Globo at aprox. 23:00. The plot centers around Lieutenant Wilson, from the Special Reserve (Reserva Especial) of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State (Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), who works in the internal affairs department of the

O Clone (Portuguese for The Clone) is a Brazilian telenovela that ran on the Rede Globo Network from October 1, 2001 to June 14, 2002, airing 221 episodes. In early 1980s, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jade (Giovanna Antonelli), a young Muslim girl is orphaned and has to go back to Morocco where the rest of her family lives. The problem is that Jade, living in a country with a culture so different from Islam, put her religion aside. There, she must adjust to the new way of living, with all the

América is a Brazilian telenovela that was originally broadcast in 2005 by Rede Globo. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and Murilo Benício. It was written by Glória Perez and directed by Jayme Monjardim and Marcos Schechtman. In 2009, Telemundo began airing a Spanish dubbed version of this series and it will run for approximately one year. . The network is airing the series

Irmãs Coragem(Brothers Courage) it is a Brazilian soap opera produced and shown of 2 of January 1º of July 1995 to the 18 hours in 155 chapters. Adaptation of Dias Gomes and Marcílio Moraes, with the contribution of Ferreira Gullar and Lilian Garcia, direction of Luiz Fernando Carvalho, substituted for Reynaldo Boury and Carlos Araújo (from chapter 80) and artistic direction of Pablo Ubiratan. Remake of the original novel of Janete Clair shown in 1970 to 20h. The fight for the freedom and

A Favorita (English: The Favorite One) was a popular and award winning telenovela, first broadcast in Brazil at Rede Globo from June 2, 2008 to January 17, 2009. During its broadcast, it ranked within the top of the most watched shows in Brazil. A Favorita storylines examine two friends, Donatela and Flora, who became rivals. One of them committed a crime and is lying, there are two versions for the same story. The series was originally screened as six episodes per week, from Monday to Saturday